"Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" is a song released by YG's female idol group BLACKPINK on June 15 this year. Coincidentally, that happened to be the day "pd48" was launched.
More importantly, continuing BLACKPINK's consistent style, "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" is a song produced by YG with a very strong hip-hop flavor.
No matter how you look at it, this kind of music is incompatible with Miyawaki Sakura, who was born as a neon orthodox idol.
However, the name "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" did come out of Miyawaki Sakura's mouth.
“Since I haven’t done many cool GirlCrush songs, I wanted to take this opportunity and give it a try.”
This was the last reason Miyawaki Sakura gave.
After the selection of another Neon trainee Honda Hitomi was completed, all the trainees who were finally squeezed out also had their destinations.
The staff member who opened the door brought two new notice boards.
On one piece was written "Merry-Chri (Japanese ver.)" by BoA. This song was released in 2004 and most of the trainees at the scene had never heard it, let alone practiced it.
Therefore, the expressions of those who chose VOCAL among the expelled trainees are hard to describe.
The newly added dance song is "Instruction", which is an electronic dance song with a strong hip-hop style. Compared to BoA's song, this 17-year-old song is undoubtedly much better.
When all 11 songs like this are released, it also means that the rest of the day is the same as the last group duel. Everyone has to independently determine the positioning within the group and the allocation of parts.
After saying goodbye to everyone, Zhaoyou exited the room, leaving the place to the trainees. If they meet again later, it will be time to teach.
Pei Yourong and the trainee next to him who chose the same song looked at each other, and then walked to a corner together tacitly.
Just like before, everyone sat down on the floor.
But what was different from last time was that because he chose his own songs, Pei Yourong saw unfamiliar faces in the group this time.
Except for roommate Jin Caiyuan, the remaining three are all new faces.
In fact, Pei Yourong is familiar with Yabuki Nako from Neon, but she has never interacted with Moesaki Goto at all. The remaining one is Xu Yunzhen, who belongs to the same company as the popular trainee Li Jiaen.
Trainee Heo Yoon-jin is an American and can even speak some Japanese. In addition, there are two Neon trainees in the group, as well as Bae Yourong, who has lived in Neon, and Kim Chae-won, who was born in Seoul. If you look at it this way, they Still seems to be a very diverse mix.
"The World Meets Again" is undoubtedly an all-time classic, not only because of the song itself, but also because of the legendary singer and the moment of its release.
As Girls' Generation's debut song, it has been covered and performed by countless juniors in the past ten years. It is not a household name, but at least it is familiar to all Korean trainees.
This is also the reason why Pei Yourong sang it during the audition.
But the situation on Neon's side may be slightly different. After greeting each other, Pei Yourong tentatively asked the two Neon members.
"Perhaps, have you heard of "The World Reunion" over there in Neon?"
When Pei Yourong asked, he probably knew the answer in his heart. Girls' Generation was also extremely popular in Neon at that time.
"Hi, I heard the Japanese version." Yabuki Nako next to her nodded vigorously.
With Pei Yourong, who is good at Japanese, acting as the mediator, the next communication between the five people became very concise and smooth.
"Then let's choose the captain first?" American trainee Xu Yunzhen suddenly suggested.
"Captain?"
The two neon trainees understood the word "leader" immediately. After that, the five of them looked at each other and couldn't tell what the rules were for a while.
And just when everyone was silent, Jin Caiyuan suddenly raised his hand.
"I want to give it a try." She recommended herself.
In this temporary group with mostly trainees in 2001, Jin Caiyuan became the oldest one. Perhaps because of this, or perhaps thinking of the memories taught to her by her friend Quan Eunbi, she finally chose to run for the captaincy. Position.
To Jin Caiyuan's expectation, after hearing her speech, the other four people all looked very happy and clapped their hands in agreement, even the two neon trainees.
"Then you, Caiyuan, will be the captain."
"Ah...I will try my best!"
Under the witness of everyone, Pei Yourong put a sticker representing the captain on Jin Caiyuan.
After that, the five people entered into a formal discussion.
"So, who will take the C position?" Jin Caiyuan, who is already the captain, asked, "Raise your hand if you want to be the center."
Hearing this, Pei Yourong, Xu Yunzhen and Yabuki Nako all raised their hands.
The three people turned their heads, and they all saw ambition in each other's eyes.
In a song like this, the importance of the C position goes without saying. At the same time, this is also a competition for those five thousand or even one hundred thousand votes, so it is completely worth the three of them to give it a try.
Jin Caiyuan took on the role of captain very quickly, and she also tried her best to fulfill the responsibilities that should be matched by this position. For the sake of fairness, she planned to let the three of them sing the more outstanding parts of the song.
After the three of them sang their respective sections according to Jin Caiyuan's requirements, everyone suddenly discovered that there were very obvious differences in the singing styles of the three people who were running for the C position.
Perhaps it is the geographical factors that have affected their personalities and personal habits. Yabuki Nako has a sweet and stable style, while Xu Yunzhen's style is more majestic.
As for Pei Yourong, in the eyes of others, he must be described as professional.
These days, under Zhaoyou's guidance, Pei Yourong is slowly trying to optimize his singing methods and delve into vocal techniques, but the latter is still in the exploratory stage.
Even so, her listening experience is obviously better than the previous two.
In the end, Pei Yourong was unanimously elected as Center.
Just as the "World Reunion" team was voting for the C position, the "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" team, which was some distance away from them, was also doing the same thing.
There are six trainees in the latter group, one more than the previous group.
They are Miyawaki Sakura, Kang Hye-won, HKT48's Murakawa Hikyo, AKB48's Juri Takahashi, STARSHIP's Cho Ka-hyun and FENT's Kim Plate Ga.
It’s also a half-Korean and half-Japanese combination.
In the captain voting just now, I was elected captain.
Like most combinations, their next step is to select the C position.
And because it is a hip-hop song with a lot of rap parts, in the general Korean version, Neon trainees tend not to participate in the competition for the C position.
"Then, if you want to take the C position, please raise your hands." After Jin Pingwo finished speaking, he raised his hand first.
Then, Kang Hye-won, who also performed a BLACKPINK song in the last performance and received a lot of praise, also raised his hand.
In the end, an incident that shocked Murakawa Hikyo and Takahashi Juri's jaws happened——
Their colleague Miyawaki Sakura also raised his hand.
